Annotated Bibliography & Historical Newspaper Assignment

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Historical Newspaper Assignment:Overview: For this assignment you will need to write a 4-5 page paper based, in part, on primary source materials you collect by using the database Chronicling America: HistoricAmerican Newspapers (it’s listed as Historic American Newspapers on the MTC Library web site). Either look up a particular event or issue, or start by searching for your birthday during any year from 1860 to 1963 and then select a topic by reading about the events during that period. In addition to using at least one newspaper article, you will alsoneed to incorporate at least two additional scholarly books or academic journal articles (not including your textbook) as sources in your paper. Annotated Bibliography/Citation Practice: In preparation for the newspaper project, you will be required to submit an annotated bibliography including a brief description (at least 3 sentences) and full citation of each of your sources (your news article(s) plus the two secondary sources). For each source, you should include its bibliographical citation as well as a footnote citation. Your sources should be second line indented and listed in alphabetical order (see the sample bibliography on D2L). Citations: Use Chicago style for your notes and bibliography. Please refer to this quick guide (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/1/) for examples of how to formatcitations for books and articles. Feel free to use either footnotes or endnotes, but in general they should look like this for a book with one author:1.Robert Gilmer, Awesome Book About History (Columbia, SC: Midlands Tech Press, 2013), 23.Or this for a journal article:2. Robert Gilmer, “Awesome Article About History,” History Journal 82, no. 3 (2013): 782-782.Bibliographical citations are also listed on the quick guide and are slightly different, so careful to follow the correct method for each. Format: Your paper should be4-5 full pages of double-spaced text(3.5 pages is not 4 pages) in size twelve font, Times New Roman. Your margins should be 1” at the top and bottom, and 1” on the left and right (these are the defaults in Microsoft Word, as long as you don’t mess with them yours should be fine). The heading for your paper should be aligned to the upper left hand corner of your paper and be formatted like:{Title}{First & Last Name}HIS 202{Date}For example: Historical Newspaper ProjectRob GilmerHIS 2027/10/12It should be in the same font and size as the rest of your text, and should not include any unnecessary spaces or more than one space between the end of your heading and the beginning of your paper.What your paper should do: You should start off with a clear introductory paragraph that briefly explains the topic of your paper. You need to use the newspapers to help you identify a topic, but your paper itself should focus on making an argument about that topic (rather than about the day itself—so pick one thing and run with it, rather than writing about everything that happened that day). You should end your first paragraph with an underlined thesis statement that lays out your argument for the rest of your paper.In the main body of your paper you should lay out an argument about how your topic can be used to tell us about what life was like during the times discussed in the news articles. As much as possible, you should center this on tying your topic to major themes we’ve discussed: race, class issues, gender relations, working conditions, environmental changes, etc. Keep this in mind when selecting articles and a topic, you want one that will give you enough to write at least a few of pages, so be sure to pick a good one!This is also where you’ll want to bring in your secondary sources. Does the evidence you’ve found conform to or conflict with what you’re reading in your secondarysources? What can those sources tell you about the “big picture” that your newspaper articles fit into? What can you learn from them about the event or issue in question that isn’t apparent in the newspaper article itself (or that might be there, but that’s better explained by the secondary sources)?Finally, you should end your paper with a clear conclusion that summarizes your argument (without repeating it verbatim) and suggests why your topic, and your arguments about it, are important to understanding this period in history. You will need to submit both an electronic copy (in the dropbox on D2L) and a hard copy of your paper. What I’ll be looking for in terms of grading: #1. Following directions!#2. A clear argument#3. Creatively using evidence to support your argument#4. Logical organization#5. Spelling, grammar, and sty
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